Early United States
Blue Rivers of Heaven (The Tales of Zebadiah Creed, 3)
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Book three of The Tales of Zebadiah Creed opens in May 1836 with 25-year-old Creed sitting in New Orleans Parish Prison. He awaits a ...Read Review
The House Is on Fire
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On December 26, 1811, Richmond, Virginia’s theater burst into flames during a crowded performance, killing nearly a hundred in the audience. In The House ...Read Review
The Golden Spoon (Five Star Frontier Fiction)
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Gold Rush California, 1850. Cassie Vincent runs a successful marquee-tent eatery in Eagle Bar. Her twin brother Charlie is her partner, but he is ...Read Review
Granger’s Crossing
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The 1780 war service of Continental lieutenant Ulysses Granger proves costly—his sergeant and childhood best friend Ham is killed while on a mission ...Read Review
Daughters of Nantucket
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Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846, a turning point in the life of the island and its residents, was a historical catastrophe that’s ...Read Review
The Light on Farallon Island
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This debut novel is set in the 1850s, on a remote lighthouse outpost off the coast of San Francisco. Amelia Osborne is hired ...Read Review
Campbell’s Boy
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Emmet Campbell reaches the town of Colusa in northern California with his father during the 1850s Gold Rush, but his mother has died ...Read Review
The Odyssey of Effie Frost
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This coming-of-age tale tells of 18-and 16-year-old sisters, Effie and Phoebe Frost, and their cousin Beatrice, who embark on an arduous journey from ...Read Review
The Rail Splitter
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Abraham Lincoln’s father is worried that his 17-year-old son is heading down the wrong path, fooling around with more education than he ...Read Review
The Glassmaker’s Wife
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The Glassmaker’s Wife is a novel of murder by arsenic, an illicit paramour, religious zealots, bewitched cows, and revenge. The murder is ...Read Review
